This series, Melting Ice Pops, by photographer Meredith Allen is meant to put a smile on your face, despite the stickiness. Over a five-year period, Allen snapped shots of slowly dripping ice lollies of familiar licensed cartoon characters set against a clear blue sky in various beach locales. Silly and simple, or obsessive compulsive? As it is Friday, we’re going with the free and easy explanation of the former. After all, the latter involves too much hand washing.

Artist: Meredith Allen
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Adelaide Avenue (Pink Panther)

Turtle Point (Jimmy Neutron)

BayView Avenue (Sponge Bob)